Scary

[Danielle-Marie]

It has been a hard, long scary week. So stressful and nearly hard to enjoy Christmas.

On Tuesday we went to the ER. I had some spotting, and I was nervous. The doctor did an ultra sound and saw no baby. He was dead silent, I asked several times what was going on and he did not answer. Finally he said there was a large cyst. He took several blood results and said that I needed to wait for the lab results (blood draw and UA). He did not come talk to us for for about 2 hours. At one point a medical assistant came in and said she knew what was going on but could not discuss it.

After about 2 hours the doctor came in and said that it was a molar pregnancy. That he was positive and could give us that diagnosis with 98% certainty. He said there was NO Baby. That my HCG levels were extremely high. At this point it was past midnight, and he said he made us an appointment for radiology the next morning and an appointment with OB for the D&C I would need.

That night was one of the hardest ever for my husband and I. the next day we went in, got the ultra sound and went up to OB. The OB doctor started talking about pregnancy and asking dates and I told her I was confused. I told her the doctor said I had a molar pregnancy. She was SHOCKED and outraged. I did not have a molar pregnancy. my levels were at 19,000 and I was 6 weeks 4 days. She filed a complaint on the doctor (she is higher ranked this is an army hospital).

However the cyst was a corpus luteum, and not to worry. I went back 2 days later for another HCG test and my levels doubled too 36,000 at 6 weeks 7 days.

Here is my worry in the ultra sound that the radiologist did she found a gestational sac, and a yolk sac, but the fetal pole and and heart beat were not visible. I was 6 weeks and 4 days. Im stressing because of the misdiagnosis, and because of no visual fetal pole. I go back for a U/A on thursday but with all that has happened Its hard to relax or feel happy, im a big ball of anxiety all the time.

Im just worried that we wont see the fetal pole and Im so scared to feel like I did again on tuesday night. I would seek out another doctor but we are stationed in Korea, only hospital. =( So stressed

[peanutter]

sorry to hear what you're going through

hugs ...

[dantri]

Wow hun what a week. How awful for you. I'm not very knowledgable compared to a lot of ladies on here but I do know that the heart begins to beat at roughly six weeks and sometimes, depending what equipment is used, where bubs is and how your uterus is it might be difficult or unable to detect until a bit later. If your hcg is doubling every coupling of days that is a good sign. As difficult as it is, this early in pregnancy is a waiting game. Hopefully you can go back and get another scan and more bloods to confirm that all is progressing well.



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[Maruschke]

Is there any chance your dates were wrong? If your dates are off by a week, then you have seen exactly what you should have. I am sorry you experienced that doctor, he sounds like his bedside manner could use with some refining. Sticky vibes

[Danielle-Marie]

Is there any chance your dates were wrong? If your dates are off by a week, then you have seen exactly what you should have. I am sorry you experienced that doctor, he sounds like his bedside manner could use with some refining. Sticky vibes

The dates could possibly be off, but then my hcg levels would be really high. I'm just praying everything is ok.

[Ladylove]

It's still very early to detect a heartbeat- not everyone can at that stage even if your dates are correct. Re the Foetal pole I'm not sure to be honest. But overall it is still very early and normally you'd need a very high tech ultrasound device to pick up much detail at all at 6 or even 7 weeks - I'm not sure what the army hospital facilities are like in Korea; how up to date they are compared to Australia or the US.